Seminars

A list of seminars and webinars of relevance to researchers in infectious diseases. Joining links will be updated as they are made available.

Monday Seminar Series - Defining the “core” infection biology of the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici through multi-omics approaches

When: Monday 4 November 2024

Time: 12pm

Venue: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27, Lecture Theatre 1

Speaker: Dr Jason Rudd, Rothamsted Research

Host: Robin Allshire, ICB

Institute of Immunology and Infection Research seminar - Inflammation at the interface: mucosal immune responses during Schistosoma mansoni infection

When: Wednesday 6 November 2024

Time: 1pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Ashworth Labs

Online: via Zoom, passcode: IIIRsem24

Speaker: Andrew MacDonald, University of Leeds

Host: Internal hosts

Easter Bush Research Seminars Series - Shaping host-pathogen immuneresponses with M. Bovis BCG -from extracellular vesicles totrained immunity

When: Wednesday 6 November 2024

Time:  1:30 pm

Venue: The Roslin Auditorium, The Roslin Institute

Speaker: Amanda Gibson, Aberystwyth University

Host: Jayne Hope

Institute of Ecology and Evolution Seminar - How ecological interactions shape mutation rates to antimicrobial resistance

When: Wednesday 6 November 2024

Time:  2:15pm

Venue: Lecture theatre 1, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings

Online: Via ZOOM, Passcode IEESem22

Speaker: Chris Knight, The University of Mancheser

Host: Helen Alexander

HDR UK Wales Webinar - Using administrative and health data in inflammatory research

When: Thursday 7 November 2024

Time:  1 - 2pm

Online: Register here

Speaker: Ting Shi, University of Edinburgh

Centre for Inflammation Research seminar - Melanocyte cell fate – from the inside and the outside

When: Friday 8 November 2024

Time:  11am

Venue: IRR South seminar room, 1.05

Speaker: Richard White, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford

Host: Yi Feng

Monday Seminar Series -

When: Monday 11 November 2024

Time: 12pm

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Speaker: Professor Freddie Theoloulou, Rothamsted Research

Host: Steven Spoel, IMPS

Edinburgh Antimicrobial Resistance Forum seminar – Role and fate of wildlife within AMR challenges

When: Tuesday 12 November 2024

Time: 3pm

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Speaker: Jess Mitchell, The Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems

Host: Hannnah Lepper and Grace Taylor-Joyce

Institute of Ecology and Evolution Seminar

When: Wednesday 13 November 2024

Time:  2 pm

Venue: Lecture theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings

Online: Via ZOOM. 

Speaker: Leslie Lancaster, University of Aberdeen

Host: Deborah Charlesworth

Centre for Inflammation Research seminar

When: Friday 15 November 2024

Time:  11am

Venue: IRR South seminar room, 1.05

Speaker: Filippo Del Bene, Sorbonne University

Host: Yi Feng

Monday Seminar Series -

When: Monday 18 November 2024

Time:  12pm

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Speaker: Dr Emmanuelle Bayer, The Laboratory of Membrane Biogenesis (LBM)

Host: Andrea Paterlini, IMPS

Centre for Inflammation Research seminar

When: Tuesday 19 November 2024

Time:  11am

Venue: IRR South seminar room, 1.05

Speaker: Adrien Hallou, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology

Host: Jenna Cash

Institute of Immunology and Infection Research seminar

When: Wednesday 20 November 2024

Time: 1pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs

Speaker: Susie Dunachie, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford

Host: Georgia Perona

Institute of Ecology and Evolution Seminar - How Aging Causes Late-Life Disease

When:  Wednesday 20 November 2024

Time:  2 pm

Venue: Lecture theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings

Online: Via ZOOM, Passcode IEESem22

Speaker: Carina Kern, UCL

Host: Dan Nussey

Murray Lecture 2024 - Professor Sir Steve Jackson FRS, FMedSci

When: Wednesday 20 November 2024

Time: 3.30pm

Venue: TBC

Speaker: Professor Sir Steve Jackson, University of Cambridge

Edinburgh Infectious Diseases Winter Lecture – Optimising antibiotic use for human health

When: Wednesday 20 November 2024

Time: 5.30 - 7 pm

Venue: Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Teviot Place

Speaker: Prof Alison Holmes, Imperial College London

Host:  Sarah Reece

Reigstration:  On Eventbrite

Centre for Inflammation Research seminar

When: Friday 22 November 2024

Time:  11am

Venue: IRR South seminar room, 1.05

Speaker: Professor Jody Rosenblatt, King’s College London

Host: Yi Feng

Monday Seminar Series -

When: Monday 25 November 2024

Time:  12pm

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Speaker: Dr Christoph Engl, QMUL

Host: Hollie Hindle and Andrea Weisse, IQB3

Institute of Immunology and Infection Research seminar

When: Wednesday 27 November 2024

Time: 1pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs

Speaker: Marcus Lee, Sanger Institute

Host: Nisha Philip

Easter Bush Research seminar seires - Using genomics to answer questions about the role of agriculture in the spread of antibiotic resistance

When: Wednesday 27 November 2024

Time: 1:30pm

Venue: The Roslin Auditorium

Speaker: Professor Mark Holmes, University of Cambridge

Host: Ross Fitzgerald

Institute of Ecology and Evolution Seminar – Evolution of vertical and horizontal transmission in bacterial plasmids and consequences for the spread of AMR

When:  Wednesday 27 November 2024

Time:  2 pm

Venue: Lecture theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings

Online: Via ZOOM, Passcode IEESem22

Speaker: Tatiana Dimitriu, University of St Andrews

Host: Helen Alexander

Monday Seminar Series - TBC

When: Monday 2 December 2024

Time: 12pm

Venue: 

Speaker: Dr Catharina Merchante, The Institute for Mediterranean and Subtropical Horticulture “La Mayora"

Host: Sara Macias

Edinburgh Microbiology Forum seminar - Integral allies or molecular freeloaders? Genomic characterization of prophage elements in Enterocloster clostridioformis

When: Tuesday 3 December 2024

Time: 3pm

Venue: The Roslin Auditorium - The Roslin Institute

Speaker: Suzanne Humphrey, University of Strathclyde

Host: Jamie Gorzynski

Institute of Immunology and Infection Research seminar

When: Wednesday 4 December 2024

Time: 1pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs

Speaker: Sandra Blanco, Cancer Research Centre (National Council Research and University of Salamanca)

Host: Sara Macias

Institute of Ecology and Evolution Seminar

When:  Wednesday 4 December 2024

Time:  2:10 pm

Venue: Lecture theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings

Online: Via ZOOM, Passcode IEESem22

Speaker: Lewis Bartlett, University of Georgia

Host: Amy Sweeny

Edinburgh Antimicrobial Resistance Forum seminar – Bacteria, bacteriophages and AMR

When: Tuesday 10 December 2024

Time: 3pm

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Speaker: Aidan Brown, School of Physics and Astronomy

Host: Hannnah Lepper and Grace Taylor-Joyce

Institute of Immunology and Infection Research seminar

When: Wednesday 18 December 2024

Time: 1pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs

Speaker:

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Edinburgh Immunology Group quarterly symposia

When: Thursday 23 January 2025

Time: 1:30 pm - 4:30pm

Venue: IRR South Seminar Room (1.05)

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Edinburgh Immunology Group quarterly symposia

When: Thursday 1 May 2025

Time: 1:30 pm - 4:30pm

Venue: IRR South Seminar Room (1.05)

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Edinburgh Immunology Group quarterly symposia

When: Thursday 17 June 2025

Time: 1:30 pm - 4:30pm

Venue: IRR South Seminar Room (1.05)

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